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I HAD A DREAM - KCSE ENGLISH POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

12/6/2019

I HAD A DREAM - KCSE ENGLISH POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

I had a dream last night, I dreamed
I had to pick a mother out.
I had to choose a father too.
At first, I wondered what to do,
There were so many there, it seemed,
Short and tall and thin and stout
But just before I sprang awake,
I know what parents I would take.
And this surprised and made me glad;
They were the ones I always had!

QUESTIONS

i) Describe the rhyme scheme of the above poem. (2 marks)
ii) Identify any three pairs of rhyming words in this poem. (3 marks)
iii) Identify one in each of the following sound devices. (3 marks)
Repetition -
Alliteration -
Assonance -

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THE CROW - KCSE ENGLISH POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

12/6/2019

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THE CROW - KCSE ENGLISH POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Read the following poem carefully and answer all the questions that follow.
Crows on the wing!
What grace as they swim
Rising and driving
Like fish in the billows

In the willowy air
Or softly as feathers
Franboken pillows

Crows on the wing
What a symphony sings
The wind in their wings
As they swoop as the rise
To the sea to the skies
As they float in the light
(Barnabas J. Ramon Fortune)

Questions

a. Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem (2mks)
b. Apart from rhyme, identify two sound patterns evident in the poem. (2mk)
c. Which word would you stress in the first two lines of the poem and why? (2mks)

Answers

i) a b a c d cc a ee f f g – Irregular hence unpredictable
ii) Alliteration – symphony and sings sea and skies (mark for simbilance also)
iii) Crows, wing grace, swim – 1mk
Because they are content words

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